It has recently come to my attention that I’m getting tired of using Blogger. I’m a fan of many Google Apps myself but Blogger is just plain awful. Nothing much has changed about it. The interface is still the same. The WYSIWYG editor only underwent an upgrade once.
Why would I want to leave Blogger and head for Wordpress, where the grass is probably greener? Here's why.
The interface is much more intuitive. The white interface of Wordpress is serene, and makes me more relaxed and creative at the same time, unlike the Blogger interface which says nothing buy, "Oh my God, your post is way overdue, get working on it now or else". Excuse me if you think I'm such a picky person, but writing requires a calm and relaxed mind.
There are more tools and widgets there to help out. Blogger has its own widgets, but the only useful ones are those bland ones created by Google, such as Pages, RSS readers and text on the side column, all of which are too common and just necessary for blogs. Wordpress offers more widgets to help me, such as Twitter and Facebook widgets.
I can get more traffic there. Wordpress does a much better job of displaying your blog than Blogger, because the Blogger "Blogs of Note" area features blogs that are handpicked by other people, or you and your recommendations. Wordpress easily lets people view the lesser-viewed blogs that deserve utmost respect and criticism.
All the cool guys are there. Well, not all of them, maybe. But there are a lot of interesting people and awesome blogs which may not host themselves on the Wordpress site, but uses the Wordpress engine. Have you seen The Cheezburger Network? Those guys use the Wordpress engine.
But I wouldn't move my blog to Wordpress right away, since the transition could be difficult. I have to redirect people from the blogspot domain to my wordpress one, which could be inconvenient for many. I'll just wait until Blogger seriously acts up, then I can move my blog somewhere else.
